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Creature — Insect
Morph {X}{black}{black} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, all creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
4/3
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Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Bane of the Living (main or sideboard): 2,950 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
- Play rate · 90d
- 0.9%
- −0.4 ppdown 27.5% over vs previous 90 days
- Play rate · 30d
- 0.7%
- −0.0 ppdown 6.9% over vs previous 30 days
- Lists · 90d
- 28
- 89% main deck
- Avg copies (main)
- 1.2
- when main-decked
Monthly play rate (12 × 30 days)
Nov 22, 2025Oct 18, 2026
Months with few lists are noisy; early months have partial paper coverage.
Most often in (90d)
- Mono Black Aggro14% of lists · 16
- Unclassified2% of lists · 5
- BW Control10% of lists · 4
- Survival5% of lists · 3
Printings (4)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap a row to preview that printing.
